3-in-1 RJ45 Network / RJ11 and USB Cable Tester Review

 

Usage and Testing Continued

Then I had some fun as I stripped open the covering on an Ethernet cable and cut one of the wires to help show what a fault or bad wire would look like.

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As expected it showed a broken connection on the tester.

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Then I went farther and cut another wires and crossed them:

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Here we see what it look like when the 7th and 8th wires are crossed:

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To get a better look I snipped another wire and crossed them

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And then you can see that wires 2 and 8 are now crossed.

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So it works as it should thankfully!